յոյր

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• յօր (yōr)
• յովր (yovr)

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. Martirosyan proposes connection with Sanskrit पीवन् (pīvan), पीवरी (pīvarī, “fat, swelling”), Ancient Greek πίων (píōn), πίειρα (píeira, “fat, fertile, rich”), reconstructing Proto-Indo-European *peyH-ur-ih₂ for Armenian. A connection with գեր (ger) is also possible.

Adjective

յոյր • (yoyr)

1. fat, plump
2. (grammar) aspirate (of consonants)

Declension

i-type

	singular		plural
nominative	յոյր (yoyr)		յոյրք (yoyrkʻ)
genitive	յոյրի (yoyri)		յոյրից (yoyricʻ)
dative	յոյրի (yoyri)		յոյրից (yoyricʻ)
accusative	յոյր (yoyr)		յոյրս (yoyrs)
ablative	յոյրէ (yoyrē)		յոյրից (yoyricʻ)
instrumental	յոյրիւ (yoyriw)		յոյրիւք (yoyriwkʻ)
locative	յոյրի (yoyri)		յոյրս (yoyrs)

Descendants

• Armenian: հույր (huyr)

References

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “յոյր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “յոյր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “յոյր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 497